The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-03-03
NEWS FROM CONGRESS.
SENATE.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-The house amend
ments to the trade dollar bill were non-con-
Cured in and o conference asked. MIR.
Mitchell or offered q preamble and resolu-
ton:
KrcltinR q provision Of the Thurman funding
bill, that II either Of the Pacific railroad COM
panies fail for six months to performlts require
mcnts such failure shall operate as q forfeiture,
and directing the attorney general to advise the
senate whether the Union or Central Pacific
company has for the period Of six months or
law. and II so. whether any proceedings have
been instituted by the attorney general for the
purpose Ut judicially enforcing the forfeiture of
all rights, privileges. grants and franchises.
The bill to increase the naval establish
ments was considered Mr.. Hale offered an
amendments:
That # The speed Of any Of the vessels shall
exceed twenty knots an hour the contractor shall
receive $50.0OO for every additional quarter
Knot, and II IL snail be less than twenty knots
an hour there shall be deducted from the con.
low twenty knots.
The Eads bill was taken up Mr.. Morgan
offered an amendment providing:
Nothing In the act shall be construed as q
now have under any treaty heretofore made with
Mr.: Van wyck offered an amendment
until the same shall be fully paid for in money
at It's par value: that NO bonds in excess Of the
amount Of the capital paid in shall be author
SIC, OOO. 600, and that no bonds shall be dis
posed Of At less than their par value.
Mr.. Edr1unds opposed the bill, and denied
the constitutional right Of congress to Gre
Mexican company.
THE LOWER BRANC
Mr.. Henderson Qowa, called up his resolu-
ton dtscharging the committee OF the whole
from the further confederation of the senate
bill granting q pension to Mary 8. Logan and
making that bill q special order for to-day.
Against this resolution a point of order was
pending that it did not present q privileged
question and was not entitled to immediate
consideration. After some discussion in which
It was maintained by some that the question
involved a change in the rules. the speaker
sustained the point of order and the resolu-
ton was referred to the committee on rules.
Mr.. Hammond submitted the conference re-
port on the anti-Mormon bill. The house
then went into committee of the whole on
the diplomatic appropriation bill. On points
OF order the following clauses were stricken
from the bill:
Increasing the salaries Of the minister to
Liberia and the consul general to Cairo: enabling
the president to provide for rent, POSTAGE. tele-
grams. furniture, messenger service, clerk hire,
etc: and tor printing a n in the department. Of state;
cation building at Toxic, Japan. and $4,000 for
the repair of the legation premises at Bangkok,
Siam; increasing the salaries of secretaries of
legation and interpreters and various items Of
increase In the compensation of c0nsuls.
Messrs. Cobb, Van Eaton and Payson were
appointed conferrees on the Northern Pacific
lane forfeiture bill.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-The presiding Off
Ger laid before the senat "what %purported
to be- the credentials of David Turpie,
0lQcto6 aonQkor from, Indiana FOR civ uoorc
commencing March 4. The certificate is
signed BY the governor, whose signature ia
certified by the secretary of the state. Re-
ferred, on motion of MIR. Hoar, to the COM
mittee on privileges and elections. MI. Nc
MILAN, from the committee on commerce,
reported back the house river and harbor
bill with amendments, and gave notice that
he would move to take it up to-
morrow after the morning hour. A
resolution offered yesterday by Mr.: Hoar
and elections inquire as to whether the
district attorney or marshal of the Western
district Of Texas has been attempting to OBJ
struct the investigation or to intimidate wit
nesses was adopted by q party vote-3O to
tor Industrial cooperation. Tn senate pi r.
sumed consideration Of the bill to increase
the naval establishment Mr.. Maxey sup
ported the bill. The amendment of Mr..
Hale Offering increased compensation for
speed exceeding twenty knots was adopted
without division. Otner amendments were
adopted and the bill passed. Mr.. Hale's bill
to provide for the increase of the naval es-
tablishment was taken up. After considera-
BILE debate the bill went W without action,
MI. Hale stating that he would ask vote on
1t Tomorrow. Resolutions were adopted and
memorial speeches made m the death of
Senator Pike.
THE REPRESENTATIVES.
Tn~> I>,,r o;oe1 ~~1- -. >~n>~l~~-k
to the senate trade dollar bill, and agreed to |
the conference re quested by the senate.
Mr.. Belmont, from the committee on for
eign affairs, reported back the senate re- |
taliation bill with q substitute therefor,
which was ordered printed and recommitted |
the house to act upon the measure on
Wednesday next, Immediately after the
reading Of the journal. Mr.. Rice gave notice !
that he would file q minority report The
only change In the substitute reported from
soas dIawn o up 6 oy Sne a sH1fem and Ssr,s Of the
published, aside from amendments to
phraseology,. is the insertion after
the prohibition against the entry of any
locomotive, car or other vehicle. of the
words +with any d goods that may b. con
of the subcommittee bill providing for the
appointment Of q commissioner to take tes-
timony relative to losses inflicted by Can
adian~ authorities on citizens of the United
States is stricken out for the reason that o
bill covering the same ground has been al
ready reported by the committee. The re-
port accompanying the substitute is identi-
cal with that drawn up by the s~ubcommit-
tee. The senate resolutions On the memory
Of the late John A. Logan were taken up and
adopted. after remarks by Messrs. Thomas
oily. Henderson Qll). Mckinley, Randall, |
Cannon, Springer. Adams Q1l.), Powell, Dan
lei, Butterworth. Holman. Henderson Qowa), |
McComas, Weaver (Neb), Wilson W. Val, |
C%utcheon, Rice, O'Hara, Osborne md Ander-
son Ohio.
WASHINGTON, Feb. I'M. Miller intro |
duced a bill to appropriate money to pay the
cost Of drilling wells over three thousand
feet deep in every state and in seven terri |
tories, and to give all the profits of b valu-
able minerals found therein for school pur- |
poses. Mr.. Whitthorne introduced q bill to
create a naval reserve in auxiliary cruisers,
officers and men from the mercantile marine
Of the United States The senate-45 to 2
passed Hale's bill for the increase Of the
naval establishment The nays were: Messrs.
Coke, Jones (Ark) }, Plumb, Vance, Van Wyck,
Vest and Voorhees, The bill provides for
the construction of heavily armored vessels
for coast defense and also for gun boats and
torpedo boats, and appropriating $15,4OO.-
0 to be available during five years from
March 4. 1887. The house bill to establish